(This is the sixth installment in a series focused on cultivation planning for marijuana and hemp growers. The previous installment is available here.) Cannabis farmers and cultivation operators may need to hire seasonal workers to help fill labor demands and stay on schedule during peak season. Planting, harvesting and trimming marijuana and hemp are all still mostly […]
Large change comes with ripples, typically in directions impossible to fully predict. Naturally, this is the case with marijuana legalization sweeping the country and continent. Case in point, K9’s in New York and growers in Mexico. Training dogs to smell marijuana will no longer be needed in the state of New York, and it has […]
Hemp Industry Daily‘s flagship cannabis industry event, MJBizCon, has won two awards from trade show industry publication Trade Show Executive. MJBizCon, put on by Marijuana Business Daily and Hemp Industry Daily, was awarded TSE’s Gold 100 Grand Awards for: The Fastest-Growing Gold 100 Show in Net Square Feet in 2019 based on percentage growth. The […]
Proponents of using hemp in animal feed have seen another milestone with the approval of a Montana proposal authorizing hemp food ingredients to be marketed as commercial feed. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill this week, clearing the way for farmers to use hemp in animal feed for pets and horses, and for other […]
(This is the third installment in an ongoing series offering tips and advice for marijuana and hemp extraction companies. The second installment is available here.) Legalization is coming. Time to airlock the doors. Marijuana and hemp cultivators and manufacturers are preparing to compete when legal changes clear the way for national and global THC and […]
It should come as no surprise that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the duo that has been carrying the load for weed representation in film for the past couple decades, is killing it in the weed business. Rogen slowly rolled out his strains under the Houseplant name, until now just being available online. Since the […]
California is backing off a plan to shorten the window for THC testing in hemp crops after farmers cried foul on changes that made the nation’s largest cannabis market more restrictive than other states in terms of hemp-production rules. But the state is still mulling a ban on smokable hemp. California announced emergency changes Monday […]
Canada has now had legal marijuana for about two and half years, and some of those high bars that were set in the beginning to get the bill passed are now being questioned. For instance, the huge amount of packaging that is needed. Because marijuana is a dry flower, there doesn’t need to be as […]
A North Carolina company that makes carbonated drinks with hemp seed oil has acquired a company that bottles high-alkaline water. Good Hemp of Cornelius, North Carolina, says it has acquired Diamond Creek Group, which will become a wholly owned subsidiary. Diamond Creek is based in Charlotte and makes high-alkaline natural spring water sourced from springs […]
This story sappers in the April issue of Marijuana Business Magazine. You’ve found the perfect location and designed your dream dispensary—now it’s time to recruit the staff who will bring your store to life. Exact strategies will vary based on a retailer’s size and resources, the local labor pool and available time. But a few […]
